Drier grain bins

Anyone with experience of grain bins for auto batch driers? I was looking at a 3m x 3m x 5.21m bin but whilst this is matched to the drier it's very tall and I'm concerned about loading the bin. I've done my calculations and there isn't much room above between the top of the grain bucket and the roof. A 4m x 4m bin is much shorter but a lot more money. Anyone got a 4m bin? Any problems with wet grain bridging in the bin and getting stuck? Will this be worse with a bigger bin?
 

Robert K

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Arable Farmer
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Essex
We have a 3m bin (19 ton capacity) with a 16ton master and it's a steady process loading it up with the JCB(need the right bucket) but it's very handy when running our master on long shifts

We have ours set up with the extra side panels on the auger intake to prevent any grain spillage.

This works in our shed as its in a 5m bay.

You could always unbolt the front of a 3m so you can get in a bit lower with the bucket.
 
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grainboy

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Bedfordshire
lol
Only trying to help. Can supply panels to make something like this ,
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the wider you go the cone then needs to be taller to get the angle for the grain to run so going wider will not help your problem of it being to high , call robin at plotfeeds he sells the ones like robert k has in all different sizes (y)
 

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